Tottenham beat United 2-0 back in January at Wembley and Pochettino has retained the outfield starting XI from that day.

Pochettino played down switching back to a back three, with Toby Alderweireld coming back in, during his press conference on Thursday, with the Belgian having played well at Brighton on Tuesday.

The defender appears to be in a similar situation to Kyle Walker last season, where an expected summer departure meant Pochettino did not pick him for the big matches. Walker was on the bench for last year's semi-final and is where Alderweireld is to be found today.

Toby Alderweireld

There is also the goalkeeping situation. Michel Vorm has played in every FA Cup match so far, as he did last season until injury ruled him out of the semi-final and there was a suggestion from Pochettino that the Dutchman would have played then and that is the case today as he is the man between the sticks with Hugo Lloris on the bench.